Devices and Sensors Working Group
Enables web apps to interact with device-centric capabilities.
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⚙️ Sensor Framework
An abstract base class extended by concrete sensors.
Generic Sensor API
w3c/sensors
ED
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🔄 Motion Sensors
Low-level sensors that measure orientation and motion.
Accelerometer
w3c/accelerometer
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Gyroscope
w3c/gyroscope
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Magnetometer
w3c/magnetometer
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Orientation Sensor
w3c/orientation-sensor
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Device Orientation Event
w3c/deviceorientation
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Motion Sensors Explainer
w3c/motion-sensors
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📡 Environment Sensors
Sensors that monitor changes in the environment.
Ambient Light Sensor
w3c/ambient-light
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Proximity Sensor
w3c/proximity
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Geolocation Sensor
w3c/geolocation
ED
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🔋 Device Capabilities
Features that interact with device hardware.
Battery Status API
w3c/battery
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Screen Wake Lock API
w3c/screen-wake-lock
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System Wake Lock API
w3c/system-wake-lock
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Obsoleted
Device Posture API
w3c/device-posture
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Contact Picker API
w3c/contact-api
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Compute Pressure API
w3c/compute-pressure
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🆕 Tentative
"Depending on the progress, including consideration for adequate implementation experience, the Group may also produce W3C Recommendations for the following documents." (Charter 2022)
Network Information API
wicg/netinfo
ED
Idle Detection API
wicg/idle-detection
ED
🔧 Maintenance
Specifications in maintenance.
✅ Completed
Completed specifications published as W3C Recommendations.
Geolocation API
w3c/geolocation-api
ED
Re-published
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Vibration API
w3c/vibration
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HTML Media Capture
w3c/html-media-capture
ED
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